Chicago police have arrested two more juveniles in connection with a mob attack and robbery linked to a group that Ald. Scott Waguespack has called the “Lakeview Goons,” bringing the total number of juveniles charged in the case to seven. The 16-year-old boys, whom a source identified as twin brothers, surrendered Tuesday at Area Three Police Headquarters at Belmont and Western.
At about 8:45 p.m. on April 4, a 19-year-old man walking home from his job at a Roscoe Village pizzeria was surrounded, beaten, and robbed by a group of high school-age boys in the 3500 block of North Hoyne Avenue. He was nearly home when the group approached him. Although he tried to defend himself, the boys allegedly took his cash, phone, and keys. Waguespack called it a “brutal attack.”
Chicago police said the assault involved “at least” 10 assailants and was captured on multiple surveillance cameras. Waguespack said the robbery was the “main topic” of a recent community policing meeting and that the group may also be connected to other similar incidents reported in the area over the last couple of years…